Chapter Two
Mid-September 2013
Gabriel was eating Frosted Flakes slowly. Very slowly. "You okay little bro? You look disturbed." Gabe joked."I am disturbed." Cas replied quietly. Anna looked over in confusion."Why so?" Gabe let his spoon sit in the bowl."Because, Gabriel. I woke up last night at four AM." He gave his brother a glance. Gabriel had lost all color."You didn't see anything." Gabriel said in a harsh tone."Are we not talking about this?" Castiel replied."About what?" Gabriel pushed his bowl away. "I, I've lost my apatite." He looked seriously shaken up."Gabriel you know we love you right?" Castiel said after him. Gabriel slowed."Yeah Cassie, I know." His voice was calmer. "Next time dont come in my room, lucky for you we only were sleeping." He threw a wink and left the room to get his book bag. Cas poured the remaining milk in the sink, along with the bowl inside of it.~~ On the bus, they both sat in the back, a habit, now. But now Sam and Gabriel insisted on sitting together. Dean sat with Castiel."Hey, Dean, how old is your brother?" Cas asked. He had grown a bit more comfortable with Dean since he came over once or twice to spend the night with Gabriel."Oh uh, he turned 16 just before you guys came." Dean paused and raised an eyebrow. "Why?""Well, I've known you guys for around a month now, I thought I should know. Gabriel's only 17. I'm 16." Castiel said. "I'm really proud of Gabe, he skipped a grade, born too late in the year to be with people he age, so he was with me." Dean opened his mouth to speak before- "I'm adopted, is how that's possible. He has a big nose and blonde hair and shit and we basically look nothing alike. I'm technically not even legally my dad's son, but Gabriel used to be my best friend and Chuck's technically my legal guardian." Castiel explained. Dean was giggling. "Dean, I don't understand, why are you giggling?" Dean laughed harder."I, oh man," he held back laughs, "I just never heard you cuss before Cassie." He erupted into more laughter. "Don't know why its so funny, maybe because you look so innocent." He finished, then he noticed what Castiel had said. "My name is Dean Winchester, I am 16, and I do NOT giggle!" Castiel nodded. "Informative."
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They had an hour long lunch period, so Castiel did get to see Dean, and everyone else, again. Halfway through, he had potatoes in his hair, and Dean handing him way too many napkins. He giggled again, and Castiel thought it was cute in a 'friendly' manner.
That was interrupted by a scream. It sounded like... Meg? Castiel's head whipped back, along with everyone else's, and holy shit. Lisa just punched meg in the nose. Everyone had gossiped about it. Everyone included Castiel. Everyone knew about it but Lisa. According to rumors, Dean and Meg got a little too frisky. They didn't sleep with each other or anything, but dean had been wearing high collared shirts for about a week.
Dean, poor, sweet, innocent Dean didn't even remember. He popped up out of his chair. Meg staggered and slurred a profanity, before punching Lisa in the stomach. There were a lot of 'oooooooooooooo" 's and etc. Dean ran over and caught Lisa right when she fell. Castiel shot up as well and rushed to the girls. That's when Megadouche came in. Everyone but Lisa, Meg, Castiel, and Dean scattered. Gabriel reached to go to Castiel and explain what happened to Metatron, but Sam wrapped an arm around him and kept him rooted to the spot.
Castiel and Dean were told to get away, Metatron luckily "saw the whole thing"
Lisa wasn't unconscious but was crippled over. With some effort, she got up. Meg was glaring at her and biting her lip. Lisa, however, was glaring at Dean. Castiel knew why. Everyone did. Everyone but Dean.